Protecting My Cognitive Function: What 15 Years Teaching Memory Has Taught Me

If you want to know how to improve your cognitive function, you probably already know the basics.

You got to eat well, you got to get regular sleep, you got to work out often, and maintain social connections.

That's the foundation, apart from regular use of your memory to learn.

Learn things like languages, learn music, or commit... long-form poetry to memory, something that's been sorely lost as a regular function in our society.

You know, I'm recently doing some research on Nikola Tesla to revive older research that I did on him, and he regularly memorized lots and lots of poetry, but it wasn't just that he took it upon himself to do that.

It was part of his culture to do so.

So we know that these are all good things to do, but We really, really have to train ourselves to do it.

And, you know, the part about maintaining social connections has hit me particularly hard the last couple of years, because as someone who has taught memory improvement for 15 years, I recently moved away from all my friends, and I'm definitely feeling the impact of that decision.

And I didn't expect when I moved that I wouldn't easily make new friends or that it would be as challenging as it has been to go and see older friends and so forth.

But at the end of the day, we're all facing the consequences of the decisions that we make because everything influences the quality of our minds.

So if you'd like to know what I'm personally doing to maintain focus and memory as I age while leading an unusually isolated life, Today, I'm sharing my research and experiences.

And it is unique because I am the author of multiple memory improvement books.

I do a lot of courses live on Zoom.

I've been an independent memory researcher for many, many years.

And I'm someone, frankly, who has a reputation to maintain in the field of mental performance.

And I don't want to see that slip.

And since we all need to preserve our reputations, How I'm tackling my own concentration, my memory and focus challenges, I imagine might help you along your own journey.

But of course, you always got to check in with a medical professional and whatnot in order to make sure that anything I'm suggesting is right and good for you.

But let me just share this proclamation loud and clear as we begin.

Tackling challenges to my own concentration and focus is my passion.

And it has to be a passion and a mission to because I intend to enjoy a very focused mind with strong recall abilities for as long as I possibly can.

So if you're ready to explore some of the best science-backed strategies that my research has revealed and that are helping me personally, I share it with you just as my own experiences, and I want you to follow up on the research yourself.

And again, you know, get... yourself in front of a medical professional in order to make sure that everything is cool for you.

But let's dive into this episode of the Magnetic Memory Method podcast.

If you want to know how to improve your cognitive function, you probably already know the basics.

You got to eat well, you got to get regular sleep, you got to work out often, and maintain social connections.

That's the foundation, apart from regular use of your memory to learn.

Learn things like languages, learn music, or commit... long-form poetry to memory, something that's been sorely lost as a regular function in our society.

You know, I'm recently doing some research on Nikola Tesla to revive older research that I did on him, and he regularly memorized lots and lots of poetry, but it wasn't just that he took it upon himself to do that.

It was part of his culture to do so.

So we know that these are all good things to do, but We really, really have to train ourselves to do it.

And, you know, the part about maintaining social connections has hit me particularly hard the last couple of years, because as someone who has taught memory improvement for 15 years, I recently moved away from all my friends, and I'm definitely feeling the impact of that decision.

And I didn't expect when I moved that I wouldn't easily make new friends or that it would be as challenging as it has been to go and see older friends and so forth.

But at the end of the day, we're all facing the consequences of the decisions that we make because everything influences the quality of our minds.

So if you'd like to know what I'm personally doing to maintain focus and memory as I age while leading an unusually isolated life, Today, I'm sharing my research and experiences.

And it is unique because I am the author of multiple memory improvement books.

I do a lot of courses live on Zoom.

I've been an independent memory researcher for many, many years.

And I'm someone, frankly, who has a reputation to maintain in the field of mental performance.

And I don't want to see that slip.

And since we all need to preserve our reputations, How I'm tackling my own concentration, my memory and focus challenges, I imagine might help you along your own journey.

But of course, you always got to check in with a medical professional and whatnot in order to make sure that anything I'm suggesting is right and good for you.

But let me just share this proclamation loud and clear as we begin.

Tackling challenges to my own concentration and focus is my passion.

And it has to be a passion and a mission to because I intend to enjoy a very focused mind with strong recall abilities for as long as I possibly can.

So if you're ready to explore some of the best science-backed strategies that my research has revealed and that are helping me personally, I share it with you just as my own experiences, and I want you to follow up on the research yourself.

And again, you know, get... yourself in front of a medical professional in order to make sure that everything is cool for you.

But let's dive into this episode of the Magnetic Memory Method podcast.